Washing and drying machine.



R. H. SNAPE.

WASHING AND DRYI'NG MACHINE.

APPLICATION man 1115.18.1918.

1,293,962 'Patented 11111.11, 1919.

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ffy @fm2/747%@ the line A-A of F RICHARD HOW' lzl SNAPE, OF BRIDGETOWN, NOVA SCOTIA,

CANADA, ASSIGNOR 0F THIRTY ONEfHUNDBEDTHS TO FREDERICK L. DAVIDSON, OF HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA., CANADA.

WASHING AND imiriive MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented rei. ii, irais.

Application led March 18, 1918. Serial No. 223,194.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD HowARD SNAPE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Bridgetown, .in the county of Annapolis, in the Province .of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usci-ul Improvements in Washing and Drying Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing anddrying machines for dishes and other articles, and the objects of the invention are to facilitate wasliingaiid drying the articles by primarily splashing them with a liquid and subsequently drying them by. creating and passing a current of drying uid around and between them to permit of the magnitude of the splashing or force of the drying current or fluid being controlled and altered. to suit the requirements of the machine, to adapt the machine for household, hotel, or other purposes, and generally to adapt the several parts to better perform the functions required of them.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially of the improved construction, particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same. v

In the drawings;

Figure 1 is a front-elevation of the -improved machine.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the'machine, part being broken away to show the operating mechanism.

; Fig. 3 is a transvere sectional elevation on Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal sectional view of one end of the machine showing the splashing element andl means for operating the same. l

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal view of the other end of the machine showing the boiler.

Fig. 6` is an enlarged detailed view showing the means, whereby the splashing element may be disengaged and withdrawn from the casing.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the removable trays used with the machine.

the like, the cover being formed with a hanl dle 11 whereby the said cover may be opened to permit of the articles to be washed being placed within the casing.

The casing 12 connected by rods 14 which brace the legs and give to the supporting frame so formed, considerable strength, besides permitting of iight material being used in the construcion.

Qn the lower end of the casing, a longitudinally extending trough l5 is provided to permit of the dirty washing liquid being drawn or drained oil' through the outlet 16. 4It is also desirable that the washing liquid should be heated, and to this end I provide a heating device, which, in the embodiment illustrated, is in the form of an oil stove 18, to which fuel is supplied through a pipeconnected to the oil reservoir 19. Other heating devices, such as a gas ring or electrical means can also be used with equal success.

The boiler 17 is formed on the upper end with an. opening 19 through which water ispoured into the boiler, and this opening may be normally closed by a cover. Y

he boiler is connected to the casing 8 through a valve 2O located near the bottom of the boiler, and this valve is operated by a rod 21 which extends through the upper wall of the boiler, where it is provided with a suitable handle 22, so that the operator may open the valve and so permit of the heated water passing into the'casing.

The means which I employ to agitata or splash the water in the casing 8 on the arti- 8 is mounted on suitable legs I most twice the area of the opposite flattened face of the vane.

The wheel or propeller23 is carried by an axle formed in two portions 24 and 28 operatively secured together, the first portion having one end journaled in the bearing 25 mounted on the end wall of the casing adj acent to the boiler, while the other en isreduced to form a tongue 26 designed to engage with a recess 27 formed in the inner end of the axle 28.

AThe axle.28 is journaled in the bearing 38, mounted on the end of the casing 8 and also in the bearing 35 mounted on the guard 34. p

When the axles 24 and 28 are abutted with the tongue 26 engaging with the recess 27, a Collar 29 slidably mounted on the axle 28 is forced over the abutting ends of the said axles by a compression spring 30 which encircles the axle 28. When the collar is withdrawn from this position it may be held in retracted position bya pin 32 on the axle 28, which in engages with an angle slot 31 in the colar.

The axle 28 yis designed to rotate the splashing paddle or pro eller 23 and carries a gear 40 which mes es with a gear 41 y carried by an intermediate axle 37 journaled in the bearings 39 and 36 mounted on the casing 8 and guard 34 respectively.

The gear 41 may be formed integral with a roovedor like pulley 42 designed to be driven from an electric motor or other prime mover when the splasher is to be operated by power.

If the machine is of small capacity itwill preferably be driven by hand and a grooved pulley 44 is provided on the intermediate axle `37 and connected by a flexible member 45 to a grooved pulley 46 mounted on the axle 47 journaled in the bearings 48 and 49 which are carried by the casing 8 and bracket 50 respectively.

The axle 47 is adapted to be manually rotated by a crank handle 51 secured to the outer end thereof by a set screw 52 or other like means.

In the casing 8, a flange 54 or like supporting member is secured tothe walls intermediate of the height thereof, and on this flange the removable tra 53 rests.

This tray is preferab y formed of wire 56 so that it will not interfere with the action of the' water, and a plurality of plate supporting members 55 of inverted U-shape and also formed of wire are provided so that when plates are being washed they will be held vertical, and thus'the washin water or liquid will .be splashed on bot sides thereof to effectively clean the same.

The operation of the several parts will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptlon.

When the machine is in operation, the lid the water in the said boiler to the desired temperature.

When the water has been heated to a sufficient degree, the operator actuates-the rod 21 by means of the handle 22 and so opens the valve 2O and permits of the heated water ing 8.

It will be understood that the discharge or outlet 16 will be normally closed, so that the water delivered to the casing 8 will lic in the trough 15. The lid 9 of the casing 8 is now closed ard rotary motion is manually transmitted to the axle 47 through the crank handle 51. The pulley 46 through the flexible member 45 transmits rotary motion to the pulley 44 and axle 37 'which through the intermeshing gears 41 and 42 rotatesthe axle 28 and 24 so rotating the paddle wheel or vpropeller 23 and splashing the water in the trough 15 upwardly around and between the dishes or articles placed on the tray 53.

It will be understood that the ratio of thc gears 40 and 41 and the pulleys 44 and 4G will be such that .while an easyand even n10- tion is given to the crank handle 51, the desired speed of rotation will be transmitted to the splashing paddle or propeller.

It may be found advisable in some circumstances to remove the splashing paddle or propeller 23 and this is readily accomplished by drawing back the collar on the passing from the boiler 17 into the casshaft 28 and engaging the slot 31 with the pin 32 so holding the collar in retracted position and permitting of the tongue 26 to become disengaged from the recess 27 in the axle 28 and so allowing the splashing paddle or propeller 23 being disengaged and lifted out of the casing 8. The removal of the paddle or propeller may be for inspection or other means. l

When the articles `on the tray 53 have been splashed for about a minute or so, they will be cleaned and the water can now be drained out of the casing 8 through the outlet 16 which will now bev left open. After the water is drained -from the casing, the crank handle 51 is again rotated and the splashing paddle or propeller 23 will now act as a fan and create a current of air which will be forced upwardly between and around the articles on the tray 53 so effectively drying the same.

Under normal washing circumstances the propeller or splashing paddle 23 will be rotated in a counterclockwise direction so that the broad face of the peripheral vanes 33 will create a maximum splashing effect but if it is found advisable to reduce this Lacasse.

splashing eEect the propeller 23 is rotated.

" in a clockwise directlomso that the'smaller flattened face of the vanes 23 will now engage with -the washing 'liquid and the splashing will consequently be reduced.

This same movement applied also to the creating of a drying current of air as by rotating the propeller 23 in an anti-clockwise direction, a maximum current of air will be rotated, whereas by rotating the said propeller in a clockwise direction a minimum current of air may be created.

From this description it will beseen that I have invented a washing and drying machine which can be advantageously utilized in households or in public places, such as hotels and restaurants, so that aneii'ective washingand drying of dishes and like articles can be readily effected without any unsanitary washing cloths or towels coming in contact with the said articles, the saidmachine being of a compact construction with the several working parts readily accessible for inspection, and not liable to go out of repair. 1

.As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently `widely diiierent embodiments of my'invention within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit Aor scope thereof, it 1s intended that all matter contained in the accom anying specication and drawings shall Ee mterpreted as illustrative and not in a limi sense. What l claim as my invention 1s: y 1. A washing and drying machine of the class described, comprising a casing, means in the casing for ho ding the articles to be washed, and a splashing device, comprising a paddle wheel having peripheral vanes 40 formed with one face fiat, and the opposite face fiat for only part of the height thereof,

" and thensloping back toward the adjacent porting the paddle wheel, a collar having an 5@ edge bayonet slot slidably mounted on one of the axles, a pin on the axles, supporting thev collar, and adapted to engagel with the said slot when the collar is in retracted position, and a spring designed to hold the col- 6&5

lar in normal positlon.

ln witness whereof ll have hereunto set my hand in the-presence'of two witnesses.

RIO"y "l HOW- Witnesses:

RUSSEL S. SMART, Y Pimm M. GARBoW. 

